I wrote this essay, “Wisdom for the Young (Part Five),” for CGG Weekly on November 26, 2010. “Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the LORD . . .” —Isaiah 51:1 How does a young person seek God? Some people, having grown up in certain evangelical circles, …
I wrote this essay, “Wisdom for the Young (Part Four),”for the November 12, 2010, CGG Weekly. “Folly is joy to him who is destitute of discernment, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.” —Proverbs 15:21 Proverbs 15:21 makes an interesting comment on the subject of foolishness: “Folly is joy to him who is destitute of …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Wisdom for the Young (Part Three),” on November 5, 2010. “I said in my heart, ‘Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure’; but surely, this also was vanity.” —Ecclesiastes 2:1 Ecclesiastes 2 records what Solomon experienced when he was a young …
This essay, “Wisdom for the Young (Part Two),” appeared in the October 29, 2010, issue of CGG Weekly. “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child . . ..” —Proverbs 22:15 Part of the problem that confronts young people today is that they—and frankly, all of society—have a …
I wrote this essay, “Wisdom for the Young (Part One),” for the October 22, 2010, CGG Weekly. “Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes …
This essay, “Grow Up!” originally appeared in the CGG Weekly on October 24, 2003. “So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” —Psalm 90:12 It has become increasingly apparent to many who watch our culture that the age of maturity for the present …
This essay, originally titled “For Teens Too!” was first published in CGG Weekly on March 29, 2002. “Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; …
This essay first appeared in the CGG Weekly as “Has Humanity Reached Total Depravity? (Part Two)” on August 7, 2020. “And the LORD smelled a soothing aroma. Then the LORD said in His heart, ‘I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart …
